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AC9AMU10C02: Year 9 The Arts Content Descriptor – Music
AC9AMU10C02 Year 9 The Arts

AC9AMU10C02 – Year 9 The Arts: Music

Strand
Creating and making
Substrand
Music

This Content Descriptor from Year 9 The Arts provides the specific knowledge and skills students should learn. Use it to plan lessons, create learning sequences, and design assessments that align with the Australian Curriculum v9.

Content Descriptor

compose music, manipulating and combining elements of music and compositional devices relevant to chosen styles and/or forms to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning and notate, document and/or record the music

Elaborations

  • • evaluating how different traditions, styles or contexts affect the way people respond to a piece of music; and using this information to compose a new piece of music designed to appeal to a specific audience or fulfill a specific purpose
  • • experimenting with options for using instrumentation, dynamics and expressive techniques to develop the texture of a composition
  • • working collaboratively to compose songs or instrumental music; for example, a song cycle, music theatre work or music for a film, animation or video game, or music that explores issues related to an historical or current event
  • • applying an aural understanding of key and tonality when improvising or composing
  • • experimenting with ways to combine and manipulate the elements of music and using style-specific compositional devices to develop and shape or extend compositions
  • • analysing how elements of music are typically used in a music style and using findings as a guide when arranging or re-imagining music

Achievement Standard This Supports

This Content Descriptor contributes to the following Achievement Standard:

Year 9 ASARTMUSY910
Year 9 The Arts Achievement Standard
By the end of Year 10, students analyse ways composers and/or performers use the elements of music and compositional devices to engage audiences. They evaluate how music and/or performances in a range of styles and/or from across cultures, times, places and/or other contexts communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning. They evaluate how music is used to celebrate and challenge perspectives of Australian identity. Students demonstrate listening and aural skills relevant to the styles and/or contexts in which they are working. Students manipulate elements of music and use compositional devices to communicate ideas, perspectives and/or meaning in compositions in selected style/s, form/s and/or using selected instrumentation. They notate, document and/or record their music. They apply knowledge of styles and/or forms when performing their own and/or others’ music. They demonstrate appropriate vocal and/or instrumental techniques and performance skills when performing music for audiences.